Author: Albert Silver
Date: 17:51:39 12/09/05
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On December 09, 2005 at 20:26:19, Uri Blass wrote:
>On December 09, 2005 at 19:59:28, Ed Murak wrote:
>
>>On December 09, 2005 at 19:31:30, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>Not giving it to people is clearly against the wish of a lot of people who are
>>>interested in getting it.
>>
>>If that thinking was adopted as a general philosophy (which I know you have not
>>said), have you considered what sort of world it would swiftly produce?
>>
>>Is that the sort of world you want?
>
>I do not know but it is possible that a world without author rights may be
>better world for most people.
>
>The only negative side to most public may be that there are going to be less
>programs and less books but on the other side the public is going to need to pay
>less money for products.
The negative sides would be a bit more than that. With no author rights, not
only would you make it impossible for authors to make a living, but you would
also be effectively saying that there is no right to protect ones ideas, which
is what the whole patent process is about also. On top of that, the public
wouldn't be paying less, they would be paying more. Much more.
Albert
>
>Uri
Less books, less programs, less progress,
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